Nvidia MX250 can I use nvidia 590?

Support Graphics & Display
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I have read a few posts here but don’t see my card listed.
Here is what inxi -G shows:

Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel CometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics] driver: i915 v: kernel
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP108M [GeForce MX250] driver: nvidia v: 575.64.05
  Device-3: Chicony HP Wide Vision FHD Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.21 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting,nvidia dri: iris gpu: i915 resolution: N/A
  API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: iris,nvidia,swrast
    platforms: gbm,x11,surfaceless,device
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 575.64.05
    renderer: NVIDIA GeForce MX250/PCIe/SSE2
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.335 drivers: nvidia,intel surfaces: N/A
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info
    x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
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What does the nvidia-driver-assistant tell you?

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[demo@Manjaro ~]$ nvidia-driver-assistant
Detected GPUs:
  NVIDIA GeForce MX250 - (pci_id 0x1D13)

Detected system:
  Manjaro Linux

Please copy and paste the following command to install the legacy kernel module flavour:
  sudo pacman -S linux612-nvidia-575xx
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NVIDIA GeForce MX250 Specs, Benchmark & Comparison

The GeForce MX250 GPU by NVIDIA. features a Pascal (2016−2021) architecture

[Stable Update] 2026-01-13 - Kernels, KDE Gear 25.12.1, Haskell, Mesa - #2 by discobot
2026-01-04

NVIDIA 590 driver drops Pascal and Maxwell support

Impact: Updating the NVIDIA packages on systems with Pascal or Maxwell cards will fail to load the driver, which may result in a broken graphical environment.

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Something new in this battle with nvidia.
I am also using the 6.19 kernel now for testing. It appears there is no 575xx for the kernel.
Can I use something that will work for nvidia?
If not I have i915 that will work if I switch to integrated mode.

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6.19 Release Candidate kernel has latest nvidia drivers linux619-nvidia (590.48.01) only.

Legacy drivers should be available when kernel 6.19.0 is released.

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I guess it’s time for a new laptop. I don’t want to be forced to using legacy drivers.
Kind of joking with this comment.